Popular Post Mucheee1 Posted September 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 10:24 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said: Finally pulled off the slight upgrade from 6.5 to 7.0 on this pre-hero "mini key"! I wondered if you were bidding on this. Congratulations on a fine purchase. Sweet Lou 14, frozentundraguy, mysterio and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.X Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 10:24 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said: Finally pulled off the slight upgrade from 6.5 to 7.0 on this pre-hero "mini key"! one of my favorite covers, and tough to find in decent grade. mysterio, KirbyJack, frozentundraguy and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mysterio Posted September 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 10:24 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said: Finally pulled off the slight upgrade from 6.5 to 7.0 on this pre-hero "mini key"! Congrats! I also wondered if you were bidding on it. I've always felt like this book was (a distant) second to Fin Fang Foom in pre-hero "keyness". Slightly off-topic for this thread, but I know that my fellow PHM nuts can appreciate it. This was likely my big purchase from this auction. bc, frozentundraguy, Jasonmorris1000000 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 September 1959 bc, mysterio, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frisco Larson Posted September 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2022 September 1960 frozentundraguy, bc, DR.X and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frisco Larson Posted September 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2022 September 1961 Mucheee1, KirbyJack, mysterio and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frisco Larson Posted September 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2022 September 1962 mysterio, bc, KirbyJack and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 September 1961, breakout your wooden statuettes. bc, mysterio, KirbyJack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 9/2/2022 at 1:07 PM, frozentundraguy said: September 1961, breakout your wooden statuettes. I’m conflicted about that cover. The art is good, and Moomba is menacing enough. What throws me are the motion lines. If he were swooping down and flying over the crowd it would make sense to me. But the motion lines show that he is bellyflopping onto the crowd. Why? Maybe the story reveals the reason, but that detail always snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for this cover in my mind. bc and frozentundraguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 8:45 AM, mysterio said: I’m conflicted about that cover. The art is good, and Moomba is menacing enough. What throws me are the motion lines. If he were swooping down and flying over the crowd it would make sense to me. But the motion lines show that he is bellyflopping onto the crowd. Why? Maybe the story reveals the reason, but that detail always snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for this cover in my mind. I knew I should have taken a photo of each page in this book before having it graded. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) On 9/5/2022 at 9:14 AM, frozentundraguy said: I knew I should have taken a photo of each page in this book before having it graded. I’m sure it is reprinted someplace, or someone here remembers the story. It is one of the less common TTAs in my experience. I’ve never owned a copy. #24-25 are also less common, at least I see them less. Coincidence, or print run variability? #26 isn’t too difficult, and #27 seems fairly common (but that has other factors too, obviously). Edited September 5, 2022 by mysterio Memory suddenly worked. frozentundraguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kevin.J Posted September 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 3:14 PM, frozentundraguy said: I knew I should have taken a photo of each page in this book before having it graded. Here you go I actually think the back up story is better, but thats another story for another day frozentundraguy, Get Marwood & I, bc and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Is it me, or did he never jump off a building in the actual story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 9:48 PM, mysterio said: Is it me, or did he never jump off a building in the actual story? Nope. Total bait and switch! Marvel’s just cashing in on our love of monster belly-flop covers. Kevin.J, bc and mysterio 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Valdez Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 I've started collecting all the Marvels that came out in the same month as FF#1, cover date November 1961. It's incredible how many books Kirby was drawing per month! Sweet Lou 14, bc, KirbyJack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 11:39 PM, Steven Valdez said: . It's incredible how many books Kirby was drawing per month! He was a machine; and his work ethic was unequaled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Valdez Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 9:47 PM, KirbyJack said: He was a machine; and his work ethic was unequaled. Check how many books he drew (at least in part) with the November 1961 cover date, in addition to Fantastic Four #1: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Category:1961,_November_Cover_Date Looks like he drew 8 covers in that month alone. bc and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 7:21 AM, Steven Valdez said: Check how many books he drew (at least in part) with the November 1961 cover date, in addition to Fantastic Four #1: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Category:1961,_November_Cover_Date Looks like he drew 8 covers in that month alone. Plus how many interior pages, I wonder. That to me would be the impressive part. It seems like J Scott Campbell draws 8 covers every month, though his all feature the same woman… KirbyJack and bc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Valdez Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 11:00 PM, mysterio said: Plus how many interior pages, I wonder. That to me would be the impressive part. It seems like J Scott Campbell draws 8 covers every month, though his all feature the same woman… Not to mention that Jack came up with al the plots and stories as well. mysterio and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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